Praise for UAE president's charity to Syria

President Sheikh Khalifa has been praised for sending hundreds of tonnes of relief supplies to Syria.

Humanitarian and relief agencies working in Jordan thanked the President, Sheikh Khalifa, for ordering immediate winter assistance worth US$5 million (Dh18.4m) for Syrian refugees.

The UAE has sent hundreds of tonnes of relief supplies, the state news agency Wam reported.

Updated: January 14, 2013, 12:00 AM